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Please note : This necklace will be created with an 18" bar link chain. If you desire a different chain length you must reach out to us immediately after placing your order. Because these stones are very limited, we are not able to accommodate any requests for specific stone color preferences. 

Tiny life cast hawk talons form the shape of crescent moons ( waxing, waning ) while a luminous "full moon" Mother of Pearl cabochon is set between them. 

The High Priestess design was first composed over 10 years ago, but is directly based on the Triple Goddess symbol, specifically Hekate’s role within this symbol. While this symbol isn’t ancient ( Robert Graves, The White Goddess, 1948), it is based on ancient myths of the triform Goddess that permeated many cultures. 

Here, it represents Hekate, in her lunar aspect. Associated most closely with the Dark Moon, the liminal period where endings and beginnings run parallel, what is and what will suspended together within the darkest night sky.   

*Details* :

- 37 mm in width 

- 16 mm tall 

- 12 mm round Mother of Pearl cabochon stone 

- Shown on Miguel on a 20 inch chain

Pearls

Have an ancient history of reverence as well as a long legacy of beauty. Pearls are formed when an external irritant, like a grain of sand, breaches the shell of an oyster or shelled mollusk. Once this irritant has gained entrance within the dark fleshy confines of the oyster, it goes to work protecting itself. If this irritant can’t be expelled, it begins to ‘bandage’ the grain, coating it with concentric rings of calcium carbonate, named ‘narce.’ Each layer that is built up forms the shape of the pearl, awash in a brilliant iridescence, a beauty born of a tiny trespass. Thusly, a pearl has at its center, the object of its creation, a foreign intruder.

I associate the pearl and its strange construction to so many things: the jellied caterpillar struggling within a chrysalis, its liquefied body form a new winged shape. An embedded star smoldering within the shell of our hearts. An ink dot, a pin prick, a moon in miniature. History, who has always loved and revered the pearl, writes that we once believed pearls were the result of lightning striking the shell and penetrating the inner skins of the oyster. A small beauty made in duress, a ‘stone’ of initiation. To possess a pearl means to own something that is hidden, sacred.

Lore has it that Cleopatra, to win a wager with Antony, dissolved a large, exquisite pearl in her drinking glass. She swallowed it in one sip. I wonder about her dreams that night.

This jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. It has not been fabricated by a machine rather it hand cut and therefore might not be uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone and the cut. 

The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stones and the cuts. Please note they range in color but traditionally, are light cream in color with a pearlescent flash. Some mother of pearls have a subtle iridescence which includes shades of pink, blue, and green when turned in the light.

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This necklace is handmade to order, just for you. Please allow approximately 6-8 weeks for creation before shipping.

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